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Looking for a quick way to make someone else’s day just a bit brighter?
Point of Pride is asking for little handwritten encouragement notes to put in with the free binders and shape wear they provide to the #trans community!
Here’s some I put together today on my art cards 
https://www.pointofpride.org/letter-writing
Write supportive letters to trans folks | Point of Pride
You can write notes directly to trans folks in need of support, and provide powerful reminders that they are seen, supported, and valid.www.pointofpride.org
Taiwan president lauds Nymphia Wind’s win on RuPaul’s Drag Race | Taiwan | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/taiwan-president-lauds-nymphia-winds-win-on-rupauls-drag-race
#LGBTQ #DragRace #RuPaul #Taiwan
Taiwan president lauds Nymphia Wind’s win on RuPaul’s Drag Race
Tsai Ing-wen congratulates and praises drag star, who drew massive support in her home country, for ‘living fearlessly’Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Welcome to #TransTuesday!
Tillyvision continues with THE INTENTIONAL (!) TRANS ALLEGORY OF #BARBIE (the movie), PART 3!
We’re gonna engage with the subconscious, experience more body changes, and take our first steps into the real world as ourselves. Things are gonna get weird!
#trans #transgender #transrightsarehumanrights #queer #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #lgbtqia2s
Wie Jägermeister in einem LGBTQ-Werbefilm mitmischt
Jägermeister überrascht mit einem woken Film über verschiedene Protagonisten der deutschen LGBTQ-Szene. In den Kommentaren stößt das überwiegend auf Spott und Ablehnung.Vincent Steinkohl (JUNGE FREIHEIT)
👏🏻“Federal appeals court has overturned a #WestVirginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools.
The ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocks a West Virginia law banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ sports teams” #LGBTQ #legal
https://apnews.com/article/badf5518ada74d01a3f0a0420d2f4074
Federal appeals court overturns West Virginia transgender sports ban
A federal appeals court has overturned a West Virginia transgender sports ban, finding that the law violates Title IX, the federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in schools. The 2-1 ruling Tuesday from the 4th U.S.JOHN RABY (AP News)
How can teens be tried as adults and sent to prison for life in the U.S. yet not be allowed to affirm their gender?
#lgbtq #LGBTQIA
#trans #Transgender
~ Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce ban on gender-affirming care for nearly all transgender minors for now~
Supreme Court allows Idaho to enforce ban on gender-affirming care for nearly all transgender minors for now
Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, signed a bill into law last year that prohibits gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender minors.Melissa Quinn (CBS News)
GERMANY HAS PASSED SELF-ID LAWS!
The Federal Republic joins 20 countries which have passed laws allowing people to declare their own legal gender. I hope someday this will apply across the whole EU.
On a more personal level, this means I can finally change my own legal gender to #nonbinary 🎉🏳️⚧️
The trans panic is just a revamp of the gay panic.
#Meme #LGBTQ #LGBTQRights #TransRights #GayRights #Pride #Transphobia #Homophobia
Students across the nation are speaking out Friday Spurred on by the recent spate of laws aimed at limiting the rights and visibility of LGBTQ Americans.
This year, for the first time, the “Day of Silence” – a yearly event where students take a vow of silence to symbolize the impact of homophobia and the LGBTQ voices that are marginalized by bullying – will morph into a day of action called the “Day of (NO) Silence.”
#AureFreePress #LGBTQ #Breaking #BreakingNews
https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/us/2024-day-of-no-silence-protest-reaj/index.html
The German parliament has voted for legislation smoothing the process for transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people to change their name and gender identity. #Germany #LGBTQ
Gender identity law passes in German parliament
The German parliament has voted for legislation smoothing the process for transgender, intersex, and nonbinary people to change their name and gender identity.Deutsche Welle
You might find it amazing that a supposed medical report into the treatment of trans people didn't interact with ACTUAL TRANS PEOPLE. (It did interact with plenty of antis and treated them as neutral and reasonable.) But so much did NHS England's Cass Report not interact with actual, real trans people that it resorted to generating AI pics of them.
These bigots are literally making up people to get mad at.
#trans #lgbtq #nonbinary #lgbtqia
“#Florida cannot prohibit a 10th grade math teacher from asking her students to call her by her preferred pronouns, a federal judge has ruled.
The decision from the US district judge is a blow to an anti-#LGBTQ law championed by #DeSantis, which prohibits discussion of sexuality in public schools. 2023 expansion of the measure, widely known as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, prohibits teachers and students from using pronouns that align with their gender identity.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/11/florida-pronouns-teacher
Florida can’t ban teacher from asking students to use her preferred pronouns, judge rules
Katie Wood, a transgender algebra teacher, has long gone by ‘Ms Wood’ but the law required students to say ‘Teacher Wood’Sam Levine (The Guardian)
Ben Barres was a trailblazing transgender neurobiologist who promoted equity & diversity.
His pioneering research on glial cells changed science & he became the 1st #trans person admitted into the National Academies of Science.
Barres was a strong advocate for women, early career scientists & the #LGBTQ+ community at a time when few people openly discussed gender identity. https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2017/12/28/mourning-ben-barres-the-transgender-scientist-who-changed-neuroscience/ #history #science
Excerpt from his autobiography: https://stanmed.stanford.edu/ben-barres-autobiography-transgender-scientist/
Mourning Ben Barres, The Transgender Scientist Who Changed Neuroscience
“Ben was a remarkable person. He will be remembered as a brilliant scientist who transformed our understanding of glial cells and as a tireless advocate who promoted equity and diversity at every turn,” said Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD, president of St…Matthew Herper (Forbes)
#Vatican #blasts #genderaffirming #surgery, #surrogacy and #gender #theory as #violations of #humandignity.
The #Pope #signedoff on the #publication
— So much for them reforming their hateful views.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
https://apnews.com/article/vatican-gender-surrogacy-abortion-pope-3f84d8eb97f045b0cfb0ec1efa4e614e
Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery in new 20-page doctrine
The Vatican has declared that gender-affirming surgeries and surrogacy are grave violations of human dignity. A new document from the doctrine office puts them on a par with abortion and euthanasia as practices that violate God’s plan for human life.NICOLE WINFIELD (AP News)
EFF and 34 Civil Society Organizations Call on Ghana’s President to Reject the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill
MPs in Ghana’s Parliament voted to pass the country’s draconian ‘Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill’ on February 28th. The bill now heads to Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo to be signed into law.Electronic Frontier Foundation
Public library staff in an Alabama town have locked up the library and walked off their jobs after the library's director was fired. The director had refused to remove 113 books with LGBTQ+ content from circulation after being ordered to do so by a library board dominated by right-wing Christian fundamentalists.
You can donate to a GoFundMe for the librarians here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/protect-prattville-library-staff-and-patrons
#PublicLibraries #censorship #Alabama #LGBTQ
Librarians Lock Autauga-Prattville Public Library in Protest After Director Fired by Board
Library workers locked the public library in protest of the director being fired, and they have been fired as well.Kelly Jensen (BOOK RIOT)
"UN body approves first resolution protecting rights of intersex people"
"The United Nations Human Rights Council voted Thursday to adopt a first-of-its-kind initiative protecting the rights of intersex people. Twenty-four countries voted in favor of the draft resolution…"
#UN #humantights #intersex #LGBTQ
Will keep saying it: Boycott Uganda. If the coffeeshop offers Ugandan coffee, tell them you won't be back unless they drop it from their offerings, and tell them why.
"Uganda cited Dobbs to back an anti-LGBTQ crackdown. Americans should be worried too."
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/04/uganda-dobbs-lgbtq-court-law-dobbs-usa-abortion-rights/
"The ruling shows 'how easily it might be deployed in our country for the same thing,' one expert said."
#Uganda #LGBTQ #homophobia #hate #BoycottUganda #Dobbs #Africa #coffee #humanrights #equality
Uganda cited Dobbs to back an anti-LGBTQ crackdown. Americans should be worried too.
The ruling shows "how easily it might be deployed in our country for the same thing," one expert said.Mother Jones
#Ugandan #court #upholds #antiLGBTQ #law but says some #rights #infringed.
“The #judges are supposed to ... #protect #vulnerable #groups, but they have rather #sided with #majority to #punish #minority #groups,” Mugisha told #reuters
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Uganda #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ChristianDarkMoney #ExportingHate #EmptyThePews
Ugandan court upholds anti-LGBTQ law but says some rights infringed
Uganda's constitutional court on Wednesday refused to annul or suspend an anti-LGBTQ law that includes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but voided some provisions it said are inconsistent with fundamental human rights.Reuters (SowetanLIVE)
Transgender people overwhelmingly describe their lives after transitioning as “happier,” “authentic” and “comforting” despite a deluge of state legislation in recent years that seeks to restrict their access to health care and other aspects of life.
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Transgender Day of Visibility: 10 trans people on how their lives changed after transition
Transgender people overwhelmingly describe their lives after transitioning as “happier,” “authentic” and “comforting” despite a deluge of state legislation that seeks to restrict their access to health care and other aspects of life.Jo Yurcaba (NBC News)
for #TransDayOfVisibility consider ordering a copy of the new 3rd edition of #WhippingGirl (w/new Afterword on the current anti-trans backlash) for a 20% discount through my publisher @SealPress using this link & promo code: SERANO20
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/julia-serano/whipping-girl/9781541604520/
btw, if you had problems with the promo code earlier, sorry, their distributor sold out. but now it's back in stock & the promo code will work until April 15th!
#TDoV #TDOV2024 #trans #transgender #LGBTQ #feminism #books
Whipping Girl
Newly revised and updated, this classic manifesto is “a foundational text for anyone hoping to understand transgender politics and culture in the U.S. ...Hachette Book Group
Tänään on kansainvälinen transnäkyvyyden päivä ja haluamme muistuttaa siitä, että myös sukupuoleltaan moninaisilla ihmisillä on oikeus elää omaa elämäänsä ilman minkäänlaista syrjintää.
#piraatit #piraattipuolue #TransDayOfVisiblity #transnäkyvyydenpäivä #lgbtq
"We found that about 60% of Americans who are under the age of 30 who have left religion say they left because of their religious traditions teaching, which is a much higher rate than for older Americans.'"
#PRRI #unchurched #exvangelicals #nones #churches #LGBTQ #homophobia
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PRRI asked those leaving churches why they are leaving:
"And nearly half (47%) of respondents who left cited negative teaching about the treatment of LGBTQ people.
Those numbers were especially high with one group in particular.
'Religion's negative teaching about LGBTQ people are driving younger Americans to leave church,' [Melissa] Deckman [of PRRI] says."
#PRRI #unchurched #exvangelicals #nones #churches #LGBTQ #homophobia
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Jason DeRose reports on the recently published finding of PRRI that people in the U.S. are leaving churches in record numbers, and about a quarter of Americans now identify as religiously unaffiliated, "a number that has risen over the last decade and is now the largest single religious group in the U.S."
#PRRI #unchurched #exvangelicals #nones #churches #LGBTQ #homophobia
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https://www.npr.org/2024/03/27/1240811895/leaving-religion-anti-lgbtq-sexual-abuse
"Almost half of those who indicated that they are now religiously unaffiliated — nearly a fifth of the country — say their former religion’s hostility to LGBTQ+ Americans played a role.
This makes sense."
~ Philip Bump
#PRRI #unchurched #exvangelicals #nones #churches #LGBTQ #homophobia
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The gift article below is thanks to PRRI.
Breaking News: Best Buy offers to screen LGBTQ nonprofit donations after conservative pressure, filing shows
#BestBuy #lgbtq #trabsrightsarehumanrights #Shareholder
Best Buy offers to screen LGBTQ nonprofit donations after conservative pressure, filing shows
Best Buy offered to screen donations from its employee resource groups going to LGBTQ causes after pressure from a conservative think tank, SEC filing shows.Matt Lavietes (NBC News)
Less than 1%.
That’s the percentage of #transgender patients who report regret after gender-affirming procedures.
That proportion is even more striking when compared to the fact that 14.4% of the broader population reports regret after similar surgeries.
https://theconversation.com/transgender-regret-research-challenges-narratives-about-gender-affirming-surgeries-220642
#health #LGBTQ
Transgender regret? Research challenges narratives about gender-affirming surgeries
The findings push back against the notion that many transgender people end up wishing they hadn’t gone through with gender-affirming surgeries.The Conversation
Thailand's lawmakers pass bill to legalize same-sex marriage by overwhelming majority
Lawmakers in Thailand’s lower house of Parliament have overwhelmingly approved a marriage equality bill hat would make the country the first in Southeast Asia to legalize equal rights for marriage partners of any genderThe Associated Press (ABC News)
Welcome to #TransTuesday!
This week we’re talking about a horrible, terrible, no-good, very bad concept that plagues the trans community, and you might be surprised to learn where it comes from:
TRANSMEDICALISM, and WPATH version 1.
buckle up, this is gonna be a rough ride.
#trans #transgender #transrightsarehumanrights #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia #queer
As lawmakers around the U.S. ban books, states enact legislation limiting how sexual orientation and gender identity are taught in schools, and companies reduce their DEI efforts, some are going the other way. Washington state's Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, has recently signed a law including a mandate for public schools to teach LGBTQ+ history, joining California, New Jersey, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada and Illinois, which have similar legislation. Here's more from NBC.
#LGBTQ #Pride #Schools #Education #DontSayGay #Rights #Law #GayRights
Amid book bans, DEI cuts and 'Don't Say Gay' laws, 7 states will mandate LGBTQ-inclusive curricula
Washington will now mandate that the state’s public schools teach LGBTQ history, as red and blue states continue to diverge on whether schools should expose kids to gay and trans identities.Matt Lavietes (NBC News)
